Another good one gone

Rico says he happened to ask his friend Kelley if he'd heard anything of John Haag, a poet of our acquaintance. Why, no, he said; why don't you look him up?
So Rico did, and discovered (as usual) that he missed by that much:

John Haag was born April 6, 1926 in Sandpoint, Idaho. He went on to be a professor at the Pennsylvania State University and has published three volumes of poetry. He retired after thirty years at that institution. Haag passed away in 2008.

Haag was a great guy, a hell of a poet and writer.
Rico, for one, will miss him, and apologizes for not looking him up earlier when he could've gone to see him...